True or False?
John writes math questions 2 times faster than he solves them.
Jill solves math questions 2 times faster than she writes them.
In one hour, working separately, they solve 100 math problems altogether. Then, in one more hour and still working separately, they write a combined total of 100 math problems.
True or false: Jill solves math questions at least as quickly as John does.
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Let J problems/hour be the speed at which John writes math problems. Then 2 J problems/hour is the speed at which he solves them. Let L problems/hour be the speed at which Jill writes math problems. Then 2 L is the rate at which she solves math problems.
We're given that, in one hour, they write 100 math problems altogether: J + L = 1 0 0 . Similarly, the combined number of problems that they'll solve in one hour is 2 J + 2 L = 1 0 0 .
Solving these simultaneous equations:
2 J + 2 L = 1 0 0
2 J + 2 ( 1 0 0 − J ) = 1 0 0
2 J + 2 0 0 − 2 J = 1 0 0
2 J + 2 0 0 − 2 4 J = 1 0 0
1 0 0 = 2 3 J 6 6 . 6 = J , 3 3 . 3 = L
Therefore, Jack writes problems twice as quickly as Jill.